--- title: Shoulda in Advanced Rails Recipes teaser: tags: web,rails,shoulda author: Tammer Saleh published_on: 2007-12-10 --- Mike Clark and the Pragmatic Programmers just released the beta version of their latest offering: [Advanced Rails Recipes: 72 New Ways to Build Stunning Rails Apps][recipes-book]. This is one of the few rails books I've been eagerly waiting for, so you can imagine how honored I was when Mike Clark asked me to review his section on Shoulda. [recipes-book]: https://pragprog.com/titles/fr_arr **That's right, folks! Shoulda got its own stake of land in recipe #22: Getting Started with BDD.** So head on over and [grab the combo pack][recipes-book]. You get the beta PDF now ('cause none of us respect delayed gratification) and the print book when it ships - all for around $40.